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J. S. BACH
The Best of Johann Sebastian Bach (LP) Concentuis Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Beatrice Rana / Academy St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner / Ton Koopman / etc [ Warner Classics / 2 LP - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Highlights from the greatest masterpieces by JS Bach performed by first-class musicians: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mstislav Rostropovich, Ton Koopman, Alexandre Tharaud, David Fray, Sir Neville Marriner, Fabio Biondi, Emmanuel Pahud, Beatrice Rana,... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies Complete Danish Chamber Orchestra, Adam Fischer [ Naxos / CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2022 ] 2022 marks 25 years of close, innovative cooperation between Adam Fischer and the Danish Chamber Orchestra. This has resulted in a number of releases, and gained international recognition. |
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RUDOLF ESCHER
Escher: Orchestral, Chamber and Choral Music Concertgebouw, Riccardo Chailly / Netherlands Chamber Choir [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2020 ] The most extensive survey on record of a major Dutch 20th-century composer, featuring some of the country's most distinguished musicians. |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Telemann: Darmstadter Ouverturn & Tafelmusik (Overtures & Concertos) [3 CD set] Concerto Amsterdam, Frans Bruggen / Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Oct/1989 ] "Telemann's Table Music is a wonderful, compendious work in three "productions", each of which consists of an overture, a quartet, a concerto, a trio, a sonata, and an orchestral conclusion. The music is amazingly varied and consistently delightful"... |
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JOHN WARD
Ward - The First Set of English Madrigals / Four Fantasias for Viols Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "To hear such expressive singing and to encounter Emma Kirkby and Evelyn Tubb as well as Joseph Cornwell and Richard Wistreich in their prime and freshness is unbeatable. Anthony Rooley's own contribution cannot be underestimated." Bargain of the... |
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Constance Demby
Set Free [ Hearts of Space Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Complete Piano Sonatas Costantino Mastroprimiano (fortepiano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2018 ] The first complete recording of the Hummel piano sonatas on fortepiano! The name of Hummel usually is related to two other musical giants of his period: Mozart and Beethoven. Hummel was a pupil of the former and a rival of the later, both being... |
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CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Alkan Edition [Piano, Organ & Chamber Music] Costantino Mastroprimiano, Mark Viner, Laurent Martin, Alan Weiss, Alessandro Deljavan, Costantino Mastroprimiano (pianos) / Trio Alkan, Kevin Bowyer [ Brilliant Classics / 13 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2018 ] "Two major pluses are the excellent contextual essay and the budget price. It's a steal." BBC Music |
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FRANCO CAVALLONE
Cavallone: Music For Guitar Cristiano Porqueddu (guitar) [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2021 ] Franco Cavallone (1957) is one of today's most prolific and successful composers for the guitar. He himself studied the guitar with Bruno Mattioli, a pupil of Alirio Diaz, Leo Brouwer and Angelo Gilardino. He won several international competitions,... |
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DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 (Nos. 1-5) Cuarteto Casals [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2024 ] After being subjected to public attacks by the Soviet regime in the mid-1930s, Shostakovich sought new avenues of self-expression by turning to chamber music, and the string quartet became for him the perfect medium for private confession. To launch... |
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ANDRE PARFENOV
Parfenov: Bandoneon-Story Iuliana Münch, André Parfenov, Omar Massa [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2024 ] After being subjected to public attacks by the Soviet regime in the mid-1930s, Shostakovich sought new avenues of self-expression by turning to chamber music, and the string quartet became for him the perfect medium for private confession. To launch... |
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ANTONIO SALIERI
Salieri: Tarare Cyrille Dubois, Jean-Sebastian Bou, Karine Deshayes / Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset [ Aparte / 3 CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] "Salieri shows great skill in carrying the drama forwards…Gluck is a constant presence…Dubois makes a first-rate Tarare…Deshayes is a passionate Astasie" Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2019 |
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DEBUSSY / RAVEL / ELGAR / SUK / BRUCKNER / etc
Libor Pesek: The Gold Collection [4 CD set] Michaela Fukačová (cello) Eva Děpoltová (soprano) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Pesek, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pesek [ Supraphon / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2013 ] To mark Libor Pešek's eightieth birthday, Supraphon presents a representative selection of large orchestral recordings he made from 1981 to 1989. Compositions by Josef Suk, who has occupied a privileged position in Pešek's career, are featured... |
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DENNIS JOHNSON / PHILIP GLASS / TOM JOHNSON / PETER GARLAND / TERRY RILEY / etc
Minimal Piano Collection Volume XXI‐XXVIII Jeroen Van Veen (piano) [ Brilliant Clasics / 8 CD Box Set - released 5/May/2017 ] This 8CD set bring the listener back to the roots of Minimalism, all works were written in the seventies of the 20th century, a time when the new aesthetics and perception of music, sound, repetition and time experience were creating a new chapter in... |
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JACK HEGGIE
Heggie: Great Scott (complete opera recorded in 2015) Dallas Opera / Joyce DiDonato, Ailyn Perez, Frederica von Stade, Anthony Roth Costanzo / Patrick Summers (cond) [ Erato / Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] WQXR, the USA's leading classical music radio station, welcomed as a "deeply moving and musically brilliant work" that "should enter the standard repertory just as Heggie's two previous masterpieces - Dead Man Walking and Moby-Dick - already have". |
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MOZART / BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / etc
Lili Kraus: The Complete Parlophone, Ducretet- Thomson & Discophiles Français recordings [1933-1958] Lili Kraus (piano), with Willi Boskovsky (violin) Gilbert Coursier (horn) Francois Etienne (clarinet) [ Erato / Warner Classics / 31 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2015 ] While the outstanding reputation of the Hungarian-born pianist Lili Kraus was built on a comparatively narrow repertoire of Viennese classics (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert), her experience as a musician and as a human being was of... |
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BACH / SCHUTZ / BUXTEHUDE / ZELENKA / HANDEL / MONTEVERDI / etc
Bach & Beyond: A set of original BIS CDs [15 CDs Special Price] Dan Laurin, Hidemi Suzuki, Midori Suzuki, Yoshikazu Mera / Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki [ BIS / 15 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2010 ] Widely regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of Bach's music today, Masaaki Suzuki has made his name both as the artistic director of the Bach Collegium Japan and as a performer on the harpsichord and the organ. |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: The Great Edition Daniel Adni, Martha Argerich, Wayner Marshall, Marie-Claire Alain, Emmanuel Pahud, Maxim Vengerov, Victoria de los Angeles, Janet Baker, Sabine Meyer [ Warner Classics / 40 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/2024 ] A child prodigy, Felix Mendelssohn is considered one of Europe's greatest composers. A virtuoso conductor and pianist, he was a respected all-round musician for whom Robert Schumann had great friendship and admiration. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: The complete piano sonatas, variations, etc Daniel Barenboim (piano) [ Warner Classics / 9 CD Box Set - released 26/Aug/2022 ] "His crispness of detail and clarity of partwriting and texture are everywhere admirable, his sheer nimbleness and dexterity are often a joy." Gramophone |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" [LP] Daniel Barenboim (piano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer [ Warner Classics LP / LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] The German-born conductor Otto Klemperer, a towering figure in the musical history of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on July 8th 1973, so 2023 will mark the 50th anniversary of his death. His complete recordings on Warner Classics catalogue... |